Elise Andaya, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology at the University at Albany, will discuss findings from her new book, Pregnant at Work: Low-Wage Workers, Power, and Temporal Injustice (NYU Press, 2024). Drawing on research among pregnant low-wage service workers in New York City, Andaya considers how inequalities of gender, race, and class are reproduced and
Join us for a series of discussions about the life of the prophet Abraham and the common threads of the Abrahamic faiths with Imam Ammar Abdul Rahman.
Speaker : William Easterly, Ph.D. William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (2014); The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid
The Gabelli School of Business School invites you to attend the Flaum Leadership Lecture Series featuring Pulak Ghosh, Ph.D., on ”Democratization of AI: Impact on Business, Economy, and Society.“ A reception will immediately follow the lecture. About the talk: Despite the tremendous progress in the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) still belongs to a few
Spiritual Friendship and a Buried Catholic History: Insights for Today Brenna Moore, Th.D., Fordham University Brenna Moore will be sharing research from her book Kindred Spirits: Friendship and Resistance at the Edges of Modern Catholicism (winner of John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association). She will describe her discovery of an archive
This event will celebrate the launch of two new books by Joy Ladin: Once Out of Nature: Selected Essays on the Transformation of Gender and Family, a new collection of poems. She will read from both books and reflect on what Jewish identity can teach us about trans identity, what trans identity can teach us
Presented by Susan B. Reynolds, Ph.D., Winner of the 2024 New Scholar Essay Prize for Catholic Studies in the Americas. Clergy sexual violence in immigrant communities is an understudied dimension of the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Yet records reveal how immigrant-serving parishes were regularly treated as dumping grounds for serially abusive clergy. There,
Join us to hear a panel of experts discuss the major technological innovations of the 2024 campaign, and how those new tactics are being used to mobilize interest groups in new ways. This panel will feature political practitioners, journalists, and academics discussing the role of political TikTok, digital grassroots mobilization, influencers, targeted social media ad
Speaker: Stephen Sestanovich Stephen Sestanovich is the George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at CFR and the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor Emeritus at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, he served as the ambassador to the former Soviet Union for the U.S. State Department. Additionally, he
The Western Africa region is currently facing complex dynamics, including security challenges, international relations, and the impact of military engagements. Join us for an engaging discussion that promises to enhance your understanding of Western Africa’s strategic importance in today’s world. Michael Miklaucic is a senior fellow of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National
This talk will explore how Jewish memorial books, yizker-bikher, created by Holocaust survivors or by pre-war Jewish émigrés from Eastern Europe, have engaged and encouraged various forms of mappings. These include both material cartographic images published in memorial books and performative acts of mapping the space of Jewish Eastern Europe undertaken by two groups of
In conjunction with the exhibit “Yearning to Breathe: The Art of Siona Benjamin” at Fordham Univerisity’s Walsh Family and Quinn Libraries, we invite you to join us for a screening of the documentary Blue Like Me, profiling the Indian-American artist Siona Benjamin. Raised in the small Bene Israel Jewish community in Mumbai, India, Benjamin's art
The IPED Department will be hosting Neda Sobhani who will talk about careers in development. Neda Sobhani is currently a chief of party, food for education at Catholic Relief Services. Sobhani brings experience from previous roles at Catholic Relief Services and Peace Corps. Sobhani is a graduate of the Boston College of Social Work and
Speaker: Nicole Grajewski Nicole Grajewski is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and associate researcher for the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. Her research focuses on Russian and Iranian nuclear strategy and policy within the larger geopolitical narrative.
The Fordham University Alumni Association (FUAA) and the Fordham Foundry, the University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, invite alumni, parents, and friends to attend an engaging evening of networking, reflection, and exploration into the past, present, and future of entrepreneurship in New York City. The event will feature a fireside chat with Tommy Silk, FCRH
The IPED department will be organizing a panel on race and culture. Jane Bolgatz, Ph.D., is an associate professor of social studies education in the division of curriculum and teaching at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. She researches how teachers, students, administrators, and parents address issues of race and racism in and out of
Third Annual Fall Symposium From Tokyo Rose to the China Initiative: Espionage and AAPIs Thursday, November 14, 2024 In-Person and Online Costantino Room Fordham Law School Agenda 5:30 – 6 p.m. Check-in 6 – 7:30 p.m. Program 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Reception Asian Americans have long been accused of spying for foreign countries and engaging
The 2024 Barbara L. Jackson, Ed.D., Lecture In this keynote address, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen, Ph.D. an author and educator, will present her groundbreaking concept of radical care—a leadership practice centered on anti-racism and equity in schools. Drawing from her book, Radical Care: Leading for Justice in Urban Schools, Rivera-McCutchen will offer insights into how school leaders
Speaker: Inu Manak Inu Manak is a fellow for trade policy at CFR. Her research focuses on trade politics within multilateral institutions, and she regularly speaks on policies, climate, and WTO reform. Previously, Manak was a fellow at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies and at the Centre for Trade
Fordham English Professor Christopher GoGwilt will discuss his recent book, The K-Effect: Romanization, Modernism, and the Timing and Spacing of Print Culture, in a conversation hosted by Professor Stephen Hong Sohn. This event will include light refreshments, and there will be door prizes for attendees. About the Book The K-Effect shows how the roman alphabet has
Still exploring what to major in at Fordham? Join us to learn more about the undergraduate major in international political economy (IPE) with our program major advisor Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D. This information session will be held at on November 20 (Wednesday), 4-5 p.m. at Dealy 105, at the Fordham Rose Hill campus. For questions, email
This event will feature Erwin Chemerinksy, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law from the UC Berkeley School of Law, on themes in his new book, No Democracy Lasts Forever, as well as a response by Madiba Dennie, deputy editor and senior contributor at Balls and Strikes; and author of The Originalism Trap:
Join us for a conversation with Ravi Bapna & Anindya Ghose on their recently published book Thrive: Maximizing Well-Being in the Age of AI. How AI can positively impact so many aspects of our daily lives, from health and wellness to work, education, and home life. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful general-purpose technology that
It seems as if it happened “overnight,” when during the COVID quarantine, Jewish practices were mostly shifted to virtual platforms or were held in environments providing for social distance. Likewise, only days after October 7, 2023, new Jewish practices emerged to mark concern for the hostages, including installing “empty Shabbat tables” worldwide and wearing “Bring
This lecture featuring Father Pedro Walpole, S.J., will show how Indigenous people work on sustainable solutions. Father Pedro Walpole S.J., is the global coordinator of Ecojesuit, a worldwide Jesuit ecology advocacy network. He is a research director for the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change and the coordinator for the River Above Asia Oceania
